| Vara | ‖n. [ Sp. See 1st Vare. ] A Spanish measure of length equal to about one yard. The vara now in use equals 33.385 inches. Johnson's Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Varan | n. [ F. ] (Zool.) The monitor. See Monitor, 3. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Varangian | n. One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Varanus | ‖prop. n. [ NL., fr. Ar. uaran, uaral; cf. F. varan, from the Arabic. ] (Zool.) A genus of very large lizards native of Asia and Africa. It includes the monitors. See Monitor, 3. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 観音(P);觀音 | [かんのん, kannon] (n) (See 観自在, 観世音) Kannon; Kwannon; Buddhist deity of mercy; Goddess of Mercy; Guan Yin; Avalokitesvara; (P) #5,889 [Add to Longdo] |
| 西国 | [さいごく;さいこく, saigoku ; saikoku] (n) (1) (abbr) the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki); (2) western nations (esp. India or Europe); (3) (See 西国三十三所) 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara; (4) (See 西国巡礼) a pilgrimage of these temples #15,543 [Add to Longdo] |
| 子安 | [こやす, koyasu] (n) (1) (abbr) safe, easy childbirth; (2) (See 子安観音, 子安地蔵) guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara) #19,681 [Add to Longdo] |
| アオハナホソオオトカゲ | [aohanahosoootokage] (n) canopy goanna (Varanus keithhornei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Northeast Australia); blue-nosed goanna; Nesbit River monitor [Add to Longdo] |
| アオホソオオトカゲ | [aohosoootokage] (n) blue-spotted tree monitor (Varanus macraei, species of carnivorous monitor lizard from the island of Batanta, Indonesia) [Add to Longdo] |
| アケボノヒメオオトカゲ | [akebonohimeootokage] (n) northern ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus primordius, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Northern Territory of Australia); blunt-spined goanna [Add to Longdo] |
| イエメンオオトカゲ | [iemen'ootokage] (n) Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen) [Add to Longdo] |
| イエローヘッドモニター | [iero-heddomonita-] (n) yellow-head monitor (Varanus melinus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Indonesia); quince monitor [Add to Longdo] |
| イワヒメオオトカゲ | [iwahimeootokage] (n) Storr's pygmy monitor (Varanus storri, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); Storr's goanna; Storr's monitor [Add to Longdo] |
| エメラルドツリーモニター;エメラルド・ツリー・モニター | [emerarudotsuri-monita-; emerarudo . tsuri-. monita-] (n) emerald tree monitor (Varanus prasinus, species of arboreal carnivorous monitor lizard found from New Guinea to Queensland, Australia); green tree monitor [Add to Longdo] |
